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Bridgeport CT Welfare Programs and Statistics

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Popular Benefits in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a Federally-funded program that helps low-income households with their home energy bills. LIHEAP can help you stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer. By doing so, you can reduce the ris...

Connecticut HUSKY Healthcare (SCHIP)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare benefit

The HUSKY Plan is designed to help all children who do not have health insurance. It includes services under the traditional Medicaid program (now known as HUSKY Part A). It also provides brand-new health services for children in higher-income famili...

Connecticut Head Start

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Child Care benefit

Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...

Connecticut Medicaid

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit

The Connecticut Medicaid program provides for remedial, preventive, and long term medical care for income eligible aged, blind or disabled individuals, and families with children. Payment is made directly to health care providers, by the Connecticut ...

Connecticut School Breakfast and Lunch Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The National School Breakfast and Lunch programs are administered by the Connecticut Department of Education's Bureau of Health and Nutrition Services, Child/Family/School Partnerships. They serve as meal programs, operating in public and nonprofit p...

Connecticut Special Milk Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The Special Milk Program (SMP) provides milk to children in schools and child care institutions who do not participate in other Federal meal service programs. The SMP reimburses schools for the milk they serve. Schools in the National School Lunch or...

Connecticut Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The Connecticut Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides breastfeeding education and support, nutrition assessment, nutrition education, referrals to health care, and other support and supplemental foods ...

Connecticut Summer Food Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

Just as learning does not end when school lets out, neither does the need for good nutrition. Children who aren't hungry learn better, act better and feel better. The Connecticut Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) helps eligible children get the nutr...

Connecticut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides food benefits, access to a healthy diet, and education on food preparation and nutrition to low-...

Connecticut Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provides services and benefits to needy families. TANF was designed to give states flexibility to operate programs that serve one of the following purposes: Provide assistance to needy families so ...

Connecticut Unemployment Insurance

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment Assistance benefit

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet Connecticut's eligibility requirements....

Connecticut Weatherization Assistance Program

Energy Assistance benefit

The Weatherization Assistance Program was established to help low-income families and individuals decrease their home energy costs and to be attentive to energy-related health and safety issues in the home. The Weatherization Assistance Program of Co...

Bridgeport, Connecticut Head Start Office Locations

10 Head Start Office Locations in Bridgeport, CT

Inner City

(203) 366-8241

1070 Park Ave Bridgeport CT 06604

Bull's Head Hollow Head Start

(203) 338-9640

115 Highland Ave Bridgeport CT 06604

Cesar Batalla

(203) 336-2153

927 Grand St Bridgeport CT 06604

Lucille Johnson

(203) 331-4543

816 Fairfield Ave Bridgeport CT 06604

Jamie A. Hulley Center

(203) 367-6801

460 Lafayette St Bridgeport CT 06604

Trumbull Gardens

(203) 371-5117

715 Trumbull Ave Bridgeport CT 06606

West End

(203) 333-0553

361 Bird St Bridgeport CT 06605

Charles B. Tisdale Early Learning Center

(203) 330-0166

1795 Stratford Ave Bridgeport CT 06607

Black Rock Early Learning Center

(203) 549-8900

233 Bennett St Bridgeport CT 06605

ABCD @ Harding High School

(203) 275-2822

379 Bond St Bridgeport CT 06610